It was billed as the battle of Attack vs Defence Bayern may have won the battle but they didn’t win the war as Diego Simeone masterminded a result good enough to see Atletico reach a second Champions League Final in 3 seasons Bayern’s hope of a goodbye treble for Pep …
Read More »Last 48 hours in Football a few quick thoughts
A mixture of the Bank Holiday and a lack of wi-fi means that I didn’t have the time to review Sunday’s action so I’ll add in Monday’s action as well so here’s a short recap of what has happened over the past two days Chelsea stopped Tottenham’s title tilt dead …
Read More »Chelsea vs Tottenham a few quick thoughts
This was the night the race was lost Tottenham’s failure to win at Stamford Bridge sees the title to go to Leicester City for the first time ever Mauricio Pochettino’s men give away a 2-0 lead and end the game amidst chaotic scenes This game was arguably The Good, The …
Read More »Match Of The Day a few quick thoughts
With the title possibly being won this Afternoon, the focus on Match Of The Day last night was the battle to stay in the Premier League and again there has been another twist in the tale It’s now advantage Newcastle after their win over Crystal Palace yesterday Afternoon, that win …
Read More »Villarreal vs Liverpool a few quick thoughts
What a difference a goal makes If they game would have ended on 90 minutes we would have been saying what a decent result it was for Liverpool But a minute later and Liverpool’s gameplan had well and truly backfired Jurgen Klopp decided against starting a recognised striker and looked …
Read More »Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Munich a few quick thoughts
1-0 to Atletico last night and at first glance that may have raised a few eyebrows but in all honesty the result doesn’t come as a particularly huge surprise either If Diego Simeone’s side were to win last night’s 1st leg then this is exactly the kind of result you …
Read More »Manchester City vs Real Madrid a few quick thoughts
A stalemate at The Etihad after a Ronaldoless Real are held by a resolute Manchester City City who welcomed back Vincent Kompany after a long term injury will have Joe Hart to thank after his fantastic save from Pepe’s effort late on Pepe was left unmarked in what was a …
Read More »Tottenham vs West Brom a few quick thoughts
Well that’s that then. Ok Leicester haven’t quite won the league but they surely can’t throw it away from here Obviously Mauricio Pochettino is trying to put a positive spin on things this Morning but even he deep down must feel that the chance has now gone with only a …
Read More »Weekend’s Football a few quick thoughts
Leicester City move a step closer to winning the Premier League title as they again stretched their lead at the top to 8 points for at least 24 hours. After their comfortable 4-0 win over Swansea yesterday they have heaped the pressure back on Tottenham who face West Brom this …
Read More »Newcastle vs Manchester City a few quick thoughts
Was it two points dropped for Manchester City in the race for third or a vital point for Newcastle in terms of trying to beat the drop To be honest it was probably both The all important game in hand for both sides didn’t warrant the right result for either …
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